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F. WIESEBR'OOK. 7V APPARATUS FOR PACKING DRIED BREWERS GRAIN, &c. No. 346,003.

Patented July 20, 1886 N. PETERS, Photn-Lilhognpher, Waahinglon, D C.

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APPARATUS FOR PACKING DRIED BREWERS GRAIN, &c.

No. 346,003. Patented July 20, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDERICK V. VIESEBROCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR PACKING DRIED BREWERS GRAIN, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,003, dated July 20, 1886.

Application filed December 28, 1885. Serial No. 186,928.

To coZZ whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, FRIEDERIOK W WIEsE- BROOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Presses for Pressing Dried Brewers Grain and other Material, of which the following is a specification.

Bran, and particularly dried brewers grains, being of very short fiber and therefore not interlapping its particles sulficiently to cohere in a mass after compression, it is impossible to remove the solidly-pressed mass from the press-box and incase it in or surround it by suitable bagging, and an attempt to bale such substances in this manner will result in a collapse of the formed mass and scattering of the loose particles as soon as it is removed from the press-box. The elasticity of the material is, moreover, so great that when it is compressed and the support of the surroundingpress box removed, the shape of the formed body is at once destroyed and the mass falls asunder from this cause almost instantaneously. Pressing the substance in a box previously lined with the bagging material which is to surround it is impracticable, because such bagging becomes injured or destroyed during the process of compression.

It is the purpose of my invention to pro vide a way for avoiding these difficulties whereby the material may be compressed to the required density and incased within a suitable covering without losing the shape of the formed bale or permitting the disintegration of the mass.

By my invention I purpose, also, providing a suitable space in the bagging for the swelling of the material, and to provide means for baling the material named expeditiously and cheaply.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and definitely pointed out in the claims annexed to this specification.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the pressing mechanism, the parts being in the position they assume after the bale is formed and the bagging ready for stitching. Fig. 2 is a view (No model.)

in elevation showing the position of the parts just previous to the operation of the press. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the press-top, showing the actuatingmechanism. Fig. 41-. is avertical section of the ram-head with its parts. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 00 3 Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of one side of the ram-head ring. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the lower part of compression-boX, showing the bag in position, the bale compressed, and the compressor box ready to be raised out of the bag.

In carrying out my invention, I propose to use anyknown means for obtaining compressing force, such as hydraulic or knee-joint-lever presses. For convenience, however, I prefer to employ the mechanism illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings, in which the reference-numeral l designates the press-bed, 111 which are stepped four vertical shafts, each designated by the numeral 2. These shafts have hearing at their upper ends in a top frame, 3, and are threaded from a point just below said plate for about two-thirds of them length. Upon these shafts travels a platen, 4:, having gears 5, mounted in cnp'bearings G, and provided with axial female threads engaging with the threads of the shafts. \Vlth the gears 5 are meshed pinions 7, carried by shafts 8, which depend from the top frame, 3. The shafts last named are slotted and the pinions 7 are splined thereto to permit them to travel up and down with the platen. Centrally attached to and depending from the latter is the ram 9.

Beneath the plate 4 is arranged a frame, 10, supported upon the shafts 2 by gears 1 1,having each a female thread engaging with the male thread of the shafts in a manner similar to that already described. These gears are mounted in cup-bearings 12 upon the frame 10, and are driven by pinions 13, splined to and carried by slotted shafts l4-,which depend from the top frame, 3. Cent-rally mounted upon the frame 10, and depending from an opening, 15, therein, is a compressor-box, 16, open at both ends and guided and supported by a guide-frame, 17, movably mounted upon any suitable support.

Upon the top frame, 3, is mounted in any suitable manner a shaft, 18, having two tight TCO pulleys, 19, and a central loose pulley, 20, whereby the shaft may be driven by astraight and a cross-belt in opposite directions. Upon the extremities of said shaft are mounted miter-gears 21, meshing with similar gears, 22, upon the shaft 8, whereby movement is given to the platen 4 and the ram carried by it.

The shafts 14 are separately driven by a shaft,23,mounted on one side of the top frame and carrying miter-gears 24, meshing with similar gears,25,upon short parallel shafts 26,car- -rying miter-gears 27, which in turn mesh with gears 28 upon the ends of the shafts 14. By the rotation of the latter the compressor-box 16 may be raised and lowered independently.

Upon the pressbed 1 is arranged a receiving-box, 29, placed directly beneath the compressor-box 16,. and of such size as to freely permit the latter to enter it and still leave a slight intermediate space suilicient to accommodate the bagging which is to be between the receiving-box and the compressor-box. The former is provided with a hinged door,3(),constructed and fastened in any suitable manner. Upon the lower end of the ram 9 is carried the ram-head 31, upon which is placed a surrounding ring or frame, 32, closely fitting said headsave at and within its lower edges, where a space, 33, is left sufficient to receive the edges of the top piece, 34, of the bagging.

\Vithin the ram-head 31 are mounted two parallel shafts,35, and upon the extremities of these shafts are formed or mounted crank.- fingers 36, which lie adjacent to the faces of the ram-head on opposite sides thereof. These crank-fingers turn within recesses 37, formed in the inner opposite faces of the ring or frame 32. It will be seen that by turning the crankfingers in opposite directions the ring may be raised upon the ram-head and lowered, being locked in the latter position by turning the fingers 36 straight down, as shown in Fig. 6.

The fingers are operated by the following mechanism: NVithin the ram-head is mounted a shaft, 38, carrying a pinion, 39, meshing with a gear, 40, upon one of the shafts 35, and with a similar pinion, 41, on a countershaft, 42, the latter carrying a duplicate pinion, 43, meshing with a gear, 44, on the other shaft, 35, whereby any rotation of the shaft 38 will cause the crank-fingers 36 to turn in opposite directions. The end of the shaft 38 is squared and projects through a slot, 45, in the ring 32, whereby a key may be applied to rotate the shafts, as seen in Fig. 6.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: The shafts 14 being set in motion the compressorbox 16 is lowered into the receiving-box 29, in which the bag has previously been placed, the open end of the compressorbox being dropped until it rests upon the bottom of the receiving-box. In this position. it is filled with the loose dried material through the opening 15 in the frame 10, and after a proper quantity is supplied the shafts 8 are set in motion, actuating the platen 4, and fore in g the ram-head down within the compressor boX 16, until the entire bulk of material is brought to the requisite dimensions,when the downward movement of the ram is arrested. The shafts 14 are now set in motion in the op posite direction, drawing the compressor-box 16 out of the receiving-box 29, as shown in Fig. 1, wherein the compressed bale remains with the ram-head resting upon it. After the compressor-box has risen high enough to afford access to the ram-head, the operator applies a key to the shaft 38, and raises the ring or frame, thereby releasing the edges of the top piece, 34, of the bagging,\vl1ich is attached to the ram-head before the press is operated. The edges of the bagging are now exposed in convenient position for stitching or fastening in any suitable manner, and when this is completed the bale is removed from the receivingbox in the usual way.

In order to prevent the bursting by the expansion of very elastic material, after pressing, the lap of the projecting edges of the bagging, both of the top and the sides, may be lengthened sufficiently to allow some expansion of the bale in the direction of the axis of compression, so that the strain can be safely borne by the bagging material.

It is evident that instead ofraising the compressor-box out of the receiving-box and bagging, I may provide the receiving-box with a movable bottom, and raise the same upward within the compressor-box, press the ba1e,and then drop the latter while held between the ram-head and movable bottom, back into the receiving-box, where the bagging will be fastened, as already set forth.

It will be seen'that by attaehin g the bag-top to the ram-head, not only are the parts most conveniently brought into proper relative position for stitching or fastening, but the bagtop is fully protected and retained in its proper place during the action of the press.

In Fig. 7 the press is shown with the bag surrounding the compressor-box and top bag in position with bale compressed to the requi site size. There is in this case no receivingboX, which is wholly dispensed with. The material should be compressed to such a density that the same would cohere sufficiently to withdraw the compression-box from the forward bale and out of the bag, in which case the bag would cover the bale as fast as the compressor-box is removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of a compressor-box and shafts and gearing for advancing the box into bagging, with a ram for carrying a bag-head, and gearing for imparting movement to the ram independent of the box, substantially as described.

2. In abaling-press, the combination,with a receiving-box containing the bag, of a compressor-box open at both ends and surrounded by said bag, a ram carrying the bag-top, and

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means for giving movement independently to said compressonbox and ram, substantially as described.

3. In a baling-press, the combinatiomwith a receiving-box containing the bag, of a compressor-box open at both ends and surrounded by the bag, a ram having a ram-head carrying the bag-top, a ring or frame movable upon the ram-head and confining the edges of the bagtop, and means for giving independent movement to the ram and the compressor-box, substantial] y as described.

4. In a balingpress, the combination, with the ranrliead, of a surrounding ring or frame, crank-fingers carried by shafts mounted in the ram-head and engaging with recesses in said ring or frame, and means for rotating said shafts, substantially as described.

5. In a bailing-press, the combination, with a rigid receiving-box having a removable side or wall, of a COIIIPIGSSOP-DOX open at both ends and adapted to enter the receiving-box, a ram moving in the compressor-box, a frame or ring surrounding the ranrhead and having a recess or space at and within its lower edges to re ceive the edges of the bag-top, and devices intermediate the ram head and frame for raising, lowering, and locking the same in position thereon, substantially as described.

6. In a bailing-press, the combination,with a rigid receiving-box, of a compressor-box open at both ends and movable within the compressor-box, a ram-head carrying a surroundiug frame or ring movable thereon, a platen movable on threaded shafts and carrying the ram. a frame having a central opening within which the compressor-box is attached, internally-threaded gears moving on the threaded shafts and carrying said frame, and mechanism for operating said gears and moving the compressonbox independently of the platen and ram, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the ram, of a surrounding frame or ring having a space at and within its edges, crank-fingerslying in recesses formed in said frame, shafts mounted in the ram-head and carrying said fingers, a shaft intermediate of said shafts and having a head projectingthrough a slot in the frame, and gearing whereby movement is communicated to the shafts carrying the crank-fingers in opposite directions, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRIEDERIOK XV. VIESEBROOK.

Vitnesses:

L. ARNSTEIN, It. XV. MlxvEs. 

